Vinton County Grabs TVC Ohio Boys Hoops Lead

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Three teams shared the TVC Ohio Division boys basketball lead heading into Friday night, but it is Vinton County who stands alone after the action concluded. 

The Vinton County Vikings took over sole possession of the TVC Ohio Division lead after beating Nelsonville-York 55-44, then received help as Athens upset Alexander 40-37.

Vinton County got out to an early lead of 7-2, but the Buckeyes battled back to even the score 11-11, before the Vikings grabbed a 13-11 lead to end the first quarter.

The Vikings took off on a 11-6 run for a 24-17 lead with 4:23 to play on a Garrett Brown three-point shot. NY closed the rest of the first half on a 7-6 run to pull to within 30-24 at intermission.

The third quarter was even at 8-8, as the Vikings took a 38-32 lead into the fourth quarter.

The fourth quarter saw Vinton County outscore Nelsonville-York 17-12 for the final score win 55-44.

Vinton County was led by Garrett Brown’s 16 points, 11 of which came in the first half. Bradyn Cain added 12 and Cobra Sharp added 10. Ashton Allman had 8 points, Jack Davidson 6 points and Matt Hembree added 3 points.

Nelsonville-York was led by Keagan Swope’s 19 points, Trenton Morrissey added 11, Leighton Loge had 9, James Koska 3 and Landon Inman with 2.

Vinton County is now in the TVC Ohio Division driver seat at (6-2/11-4), while Nelsonville-York drops to (6-3/12-7) and Alexander’s loss to Athens sinks the Spartans to three league losses.

With 7 teams in the TVC Ohio, 12 games comprise the conference season. 

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